Each of the nine chapters focuses on a "bulletproof guideline", using existing, traditional examples to illustrate how best to embrace flexibility and prepare for worst-case scenarios.
Bulletproof Web Design
- CHAPTER ONE: Flexible Text
- Size text using keywords to allow user control and maximum flexibility.
- CHAPTER TWO: Scalable Navigation
- Provide site navigation that scales to any text size or content amount.
- CHAPTER THREE: Expandable Rows
- Resist specifying a height for horizontal page components.
- CHAPTER FOUR: Creative Floating
- Use floats to achieve grid-like results.
- CHAPTER FIVE: Indestructible Boxes
- Plan for the unknown when constructing styled boxes.
- CHAPTER SIX: No Images? No CSS? No problem.
- Ensure content is still readable in the absence of images and/or CSS.
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Convertible Tables
- Strip the presentation from data tables, refinish with CSS.
- CHAPTER EIGHT: Fluid Layouts
- Experiment with page layouts that expand and contract.
- CHAPTER NINE: Putting It All Together
- Apply bulletproof concepts to an entire page design.